Jack Benny - JB 1939-12-24 Jack Hosts A Christmas Open House

[@OTRR]

Note: this episode appears to be the first one where the character of Mr. Billingsley (played by show writer Ed Beloin) appears, around 26:11. He's first mentioned at about 22:57.

[@listeningeyes9990]

Old Time Radio Researchers, Have you found ANY photo/pictures of Ed Beloin the actor/screenwriter who portrayed the character “Mr.Billingsly”? If you know of where I could find his photo/pictures, would you please let me know?

[@OTRR]

@@listeningeyes9990 There are some pictures of him, but not a lot. Since he wasn't normally an actor, he's not going to get the same kind of coverage as an actor would. Google shows a few (note, this search includes pictures that do not include him). www.google.com/search?q=Ed+Beloin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYxpv8iNz1AhWkCjQIHV5FAg8Q_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=2392&bih=1126

[@listeningeyes9990]

Old Time Radio Researchers, Your audio for these shows are better than any others. When, for what ever reason(s) your episodes were gone for days, then I tried listening to The Jack Benny Radio Shows from others, but those others, their shows that were there to listen to their audio actually sounded as if they had recorded/taped the episodes while placing a microphone near, or up close to a speaker. Your work to allow us to hear and enjoy these episodes can not be beat. By the way, why were your listings/episodes taken down, but now they are back?

[@OTRR]

@@listeningeyes9990 Thank you for the kind words on the quality of the shows. We do strive to provide the best available versions of them. The episodes themselves were never down. We removed and consolidated the playlists, for reasons stated in this post: kzbin.infoUgkx1juofMa_smutc2W4UEN3DxbJ4RtbEiip

[@goggles2]

Seriously @OTRR. What you’ve done here is preserve our history. That’s no small feat. Thank you so much.

[@label1877]

Anyone know if that was really Jack’s sister or someone playing the part?

[@OTRR]

Jack Benny did have a sister named Florence, but according to the book "39 Forever" in this episode she was played by someone named Dorothy (last name not known).

[@label1877]

@@OTRR I suspected she was a professional because she sounded polished. Thanks 😊